By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The account released Friday of the June 9-10 monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council showcased opinions that differed more starkly than at any other recent such gathering, setting the stage for a potentially strident reunion at the next such occasion in ten days.
12 July 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel’s comments over the weekend lend credence to the expectation that the ECB will not step on the brakes too quickly even when inflation shows clear signs of revival.
12 July 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The uniformity with which the European Central Bank Executive Board leans dovish makes member Isabel Schnabel a solitary contrasting voice. Indeed, a closer look at her recent comments side-by-side with those of a dovish colleague reveals considerable differences not far beneath a common surface.
7 July 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel’s speech over the weekend represents a tentative but important acknowledgment of the potential for euro area inflation to stage the kind of sustainable recovery monetary policymakers had until now seemed to discount.
5 July 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Perhaps the central message of the interview published Friday with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is that in fact there is no new message in need of conveying at the moment, at least not to financial markets, and thus no reason for the ECB to alter its ‘steady hand’ approach.
2 July 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The strong performance of the euro area’s largest national labour market this month raises the stakes for the European Central Bank, suggesting as it does that the missing piece of the medium-term price stability puzzle could conceivably fall into place after all.
30 June 2021
By David Barwick – Frankfurt (Econostream) – The eventual winding down of the European Central Bank’s pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) is not a major concern for the European Investment Bank.
29 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – What a difference a few weeks make. After suggesting in late May that the strength of the economic recovery was no better than as expected and actually not all that robust, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde now seems to be contemplating the positive evolution with eyes wide and jaw slack.
28 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos, assessing the economic recovery on Wednesday, struck perhaps the most positive tone heard to date from the ECB Executive Board.
23 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on June 18 with Markus Stix, Managing Director in charge of markets at the Austrian Treasury:
23 June 2021
- New Forecasts of Austrian Institute of Economic Research to be Relevant for Syndication Plans
- 15-Year Tenor One of Many Options, ‘But Also in the 7-Year There is a Gap’
- If Recovery ‘Continues and Intensifies, We Would Not Rule Out Another Update’
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Thursday indicated that the September Governing Council meeting might be too soon for the ECB to abandon its current ‘steady hand’ and start beating a retreat from its ultra-accommodative policy stance.
17 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday acknowledged more frankly than previously the emerging economic recovery while firmly rejecting in familiar language the idea that tapering had been or would soon be on the Governing Council’s agenda.
10 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on June 4 with Elvira Eurlings, head of the Dutch State Treasury Agency:
9 June 2021
- ‘We Want to Be a Bit Closer to the Quarterly Updates’ This Year
- Issuing Beyond 30 Years Is ‘A Valid Question for Us to Touch Base With the Market Again’
- ‘No Further DDAs This Year’
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – In contrast to the high expectations for June prevailing in the aftermath of March’s anti-climactic Governing Council meeting, this week’s gathering of the European Central Bank is likely to be less of an inflection point following recent comments by ECB officials that seem to preordain the policy outcome and foreshadow the tone at the subsequent press conference.
8 June 2021
Latest Update of the Econostream Media ECB Hawk-Dove Ranking.
4 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on May 28 with Cristina Casalinho, head of the Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency:
3 June 2021
By David Barwick – Frankfurt (Econostream) – Negative interest rates should not become the norm and a return to positive rates can be seen as a good thing, according to Cristina Casalinho, head of the Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency.
3 June 2021
- ‘We Need to Be Careful About Bringing Long-Dated Bonds to the Market’
- Portugal Has a ‘Good Set of Arguments on Which Rating Agencies Can Base Their Decisions’
- ‘We Don’t Expect Major Negative Surprises’ in H2 Concerning Funding Needs